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According to
the official results of the 1991 census, the Brcko district had
87,332 residents:
22,163 Croats
(25,4%)
38,771 Moslems (44,4%)
18,133 Serbs (20,8%)
5,885 others (9,4%)
On May 1st 1992, an armed attack of the Serbian army and YPA was
launched on the district centre, the town of Brcko, and greatest
part of the district area was occupied in several days. Since then,
regular artillery and infantry combats have been conducted in this
area. The non-Serb population (Croats and Moslems) were evicted
from the occupied area, killed or detained in the Serbian concentration
camp "Luka" which may be compared to any notorious concentration
camp, as to atrocious crimes against the prisoners that were committed
there.
001 B-H - BRCKO
- May 8, 1992
DESCRIPTION
OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings (massacres).
TIME AND LOCATION:
May 8, 1992; the villages of Lanista and Ulice (cca 12 kilometres
west of Brcko).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On May 8, 1992, joined forces of Yugoslav
Army (hereafter: YA) and Serb irregular units killed and massacred
32 civilians and 5 HVO soldiers in the villages of Ulice and Lanista
(where Croat population makes a majority). For example, members
of the Serb irregular units called chetniks fastened Vlado Stjepanovic
to the military transporter vehicle and dragged him down the macadam
road several kilometres between the villages of Donje Laniste and
Ulice. Since Vlado Stjepanovic still showed signs of life, although
large parts of his body were flayed, chetniks beat him to death.
PERPETRATORS:
YA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units called chetniks.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION:
Report of the Department for Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions
at the Office of the President of the Croat Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
from October 30, 1993. Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.
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